Carpet-fastener



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W. L. PARNIELEE.v

CARPET PASTBNBR. i

N0. 316,169. Patented ApLYZI, 1885..

WITJVESSES NWN/TOR Attorney Nrrn STATES WELLINGTON L. PARMELEE, OF DEEPRIVER, CONNECTICUT.

CARPET-FASTWEB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,169, dated April21, 1885.

Application filed any 14, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may. concern/.-

Be it known that I, WELLINGTON L. FARME- LEE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Deep River, in the county ot' Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarpet-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, referen ce being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention, showingit in use; Fig. 2, a sectional view thereof, and Fig. 3 detail views inperspective ofthe two parts composing the fastener, showing themdetached from each other.

The present invention has relation to that class of carpet-fastenersoperated by a cam device to force the claw down through the carpet tothe iloor. Previous to my invention it was common to provide the clawwith a laterallyelongated slot, andan eccentric jou rnal, locatedtherein, which has a head extending through a hole in a guide-plateaffixed to the base-board by screws. This protruding head of theeccentric journal is nicked, to receive a screwdriver when it is desiredto turn the journal in the laterally-elongated slot, which either raisesor lowers the claw, as the case may be. In order to operate the claw itis necessary to beprovided with a lscrew-driver or other like tool, andfrequently it is not readily at hand, thus making it very annoying tothe person laying down the carpet.

It is the object of the invention to improve the construction of theabove-mentioned class ot' carpet-fasteners, whereby no screw-driver orother tool is necessary to operate it, which object I attain by theconstruction substantially as shown, and hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the base-board'to which myimproved carpetfastener-is secured, and B represents the carpet.

The fastener consists of a rectangular metal plate, C, provided at itslower end with a suitable claw, a, adapted to pass through the carpetand enter the iioor. The plate C is secured to the base-board A by ascrew, b, which passes through an elongated slot, c, thus allowing theplate to slide up and down a distance equal to the length of the slot.

To the plate C is connected a presser-foot, D, by a screw, d, passingthrough a perforation in the foot and through an elongated slot, e, inthe plate C, which allows the presser-foot to be moved on the arc' of acircle, as shown in dotted' lines, Fig. l; or, in other words, the footis pivotcd. The slots in the plate C admit of the plate sliding up anddown Without interfering with the movement of the presserfoot, bothoperating independent of the other.

rIhe presser-foot D has a bearing-flange, f, on the arc of a circle, sothat,when the flange comes in contact with the claws a, and the foot isbrought to an upright position, it will act as a cam to press the clawsthrough the carpet in the floor, and be held in this position byengaging the handle g of said foot with a keeper, h, formed on the upperend of the plate C.

The shank or handle of the presser-foot is bent outwardly, so that itcan move on the arc o f a circle without striking against the keeper h,and still engage therewith when required.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a carpet-fastener, an upright and vertically-slotted plate providedat itslower end with aclaw and at its upper end with a keeper, incombination with a pivot-ed presser-foot provided with a cam-bearingflange, and having a handle for operating it, and bent, as shown, so asto engage with the keeper upon the end of the upright plate,substantially7 as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

VELLINGTON L. PARMELEE.

Witnesses:

ANsoLETTE A. BANNING, MARY B. SMITH.

